Battle of Monocacy 160th Anniversary

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Join Brad Stone on Tuesday July 9th at 7:00 pm to mark the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy fought in Frederick, MD. It was one of the most important, yet least known battles of the Civil War. On that day, a small Union force hastily cobbled together by Union General Lew Wallace – and outnumbered nearly three-to-one – miraculously held back the invading Confederate army headed toward Washington, D.C. for an entire day – just enough time for the Union to reinforce the fortifications of the capital. Join popular historian, Brad Stone for another of his enjoyable presentations about the history of our nation. 

Location: Poolesville Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 17800 Elgin Rd. (109) 

Help us show area youngsters that Seniors care!  Shop the grocery sales and BOGOs and bring your items to any Poolesville Seniors event this Summer. We will have a collection box or bin labeled WUMCO SUMMER FOOD FOR KIDS at future events until schools reopen at the end of August. Read about this special program on our blog.

Brad Stone is a volunteer at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, MD and aboard the USS Constellation in Baltimore Harbor. Over the past few years, he has developed presentations on an assortment of Civil War-related topics. His talks have been given at a wide variety of venues including the Gettysburg Heritage Center, the Antietam Battlefield National Park and the U.S. Navy Museum at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC.  A couple of his talks have also been televised nationally on C-SPAN3 American History TV. 

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